Context Clues
Context Clues are very helpful in many situations. Context clues are words and sentences around the challenging word that help you understand the word. They are important, because they will help you understand the difficult words. Here are the different types of context clues.
Here are some more!
Definitions or Synonyms: the author gives you the definition of the word or the synonym of it.
Concrete Examples: author gives examples of the word that illustrates the new word.
Description Clues: a description of the word that is used later in your reading.
Words or Phrases That Modify: sometime modifiers such as adjectives, verbs, ect. give clues to what the word means.
Contrast clues: the author will give you the opposite meaning of the word.
Conjunctions Showing Relationships and Connecting Ideas: showing similarities between words to let the reader link the new word with one you already know.
Repeating Words: the writers repeat a challenging word in familiar times
Unstated or Implied Meanings: reading between the lines with past knowledge.
Hope this helps everyone!!!!!!
Read For Fun: When you read on your own that offers the best way to learn new vocab words.
Listen and Ask: You can learn new words by listening to others conversations who are older and who have a different vocabulary than you.
Play Word Games: When you play word games that it is one of the ways to learn new vocab words.
Go on a Scavenger Hunt: Collect 4 or 5 words from your vocabulary journal and look in newspapers or books to see how they are used.----
Hope these help you
Page written by Brenna Hogue and Julia Plato
*"Reading fulfills your knowledge?" Caption by: Emily Wagner :D
Context Clues are very helpful in many situations. Context clues are words and sentences around the challenging word that help you understand the word. They are important, because they will help you understand the difficult words. Here are the different types of context clues.
Here are some more!
- Definitions or Synonyms: the author gives you the definition of the word or the synonym of it.
- Concrete Examples: author gives examples of the word that illustrates the new word.
- Description Clues: a description of the word that is used later in your reading.
- Words or Phrases That Modify: sometime modifiers such as adjectives, verbs, ect. give clues to what the word means.
- Contrast clues: the author will give you the opposite meaning of the word.
- Conjunctions Showing Relationships and Connecting Ideas: showing similarities between words to let the reader link the new word with one you already know.
- Repeating Words: the writers repeat a challenging word in familiar times
- Unstated or Implied Meanings: reading between the lines with past knowledge.
Hope this helps everyone!!!!!!- Read For Fun: When you read on your own that offers the best way to learn new vocab words.
- Listen and Ask: You can learn new words by listening to others conversations who are older and who have a different vocabulary than you.
- Play Word Games: When you play word games that it is one of the ways to learn new vocab words.
- Go on a Scavenger Hunt: Collect 4 or 5 words from your vocabulary journal and look in newspapers or books to see how they are used.----
Hope these help youPage written by Brenna Hogue and Julia Plato
*"Reading fulfills your knowledge?" Caption by: Emily Wagner :D